The pastor of a Columbia area church is celebrating the Christmas season - and his church's recent affiliation with a denomination.

Jaye Morgan, who graduated from Columbia International University in 1989 with a Master of Divinity degree, leads Church at Dutch Fork in Columbia's northwest suburbs.

Morgan's church was recently featured as a part of an Advent season series in The State newspaper in Columbia. Read about the church and its affiliation with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church at the website of The State: